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Rachael Johns was an English teacher before making her dreams of becoming a novelist come true. Her book The Patterson Girls won the ABIA Award in 2016 for General Fiction and she has also won the prestigious Romance Writers of Australia RUBY Award twice.

Rachael is joining us today with her new novel The Bad Bridesmaid

Fred has the conviction of her beliefs. She’s writing a book on how not to catch feelings and is refreshingly honest with all her partners about where she stands on this.

Fred’s also seen some things and she’s pretty keen on stopping her mum from catching feelings as well. So it’s with some surprise and consternation that Fred greets the news that her mother is getting married. Soon. And it’s a destination wedding.

Fred’s practically trapped on Norfolk Island, but all is not lost when she finds a hot accomplice in Leo and together they set out to break up their parents… 

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